Olympic Sevens 2024
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@nzzp said in Olympic Sevens 2024:
Once sports hit the Olympics, major countries pump money into them. Money talks.
Really? Great Britain aren't there. USA got smashed by Fiji. Australia parachuted in Marky Mark and Corey Toole
@KiwiMurph said in Olympic Sevens 2024:
@nzzp said in Olympic Sevens 2024:
Once sports hit the Olympics, major countries pump money into them. Money talks.
Really? Great Britain aren't there. USA got smashed by Fiji. Australia parachuted in Marky Mark and Corey Toole
USA and Canada are ahead of Fiji in the circuit at the moment.
I watch from afar, but it seemed to me a bunch of countries suddenly invested in tehir development programmes as soon as it made full olympic status
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@taniwharugby said in Olympic Sevens 2024:
IMO, this highlights the absurdity of the scheduling, plenty of athletes are out of the Olympics before they have even started, 'officially'.
So they spend 2 weeks in the village partying?
@nzzp do they though? Assume the village accommodation is planned out too with events coming/going?
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@nzzp do they though? Assume the village accommodation is planned out too with events coming/going?
@taniwharugby said in Olympic Sevens 2024:
@nzzp do they though? Assume the village accommodation is planned out too with events coming/going?
hah I have no idea. Just figured it may not be the complete trainwreck picture you painted. Happy to be corrected ... but I thought people got to stay on
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@nzzp do they though? Assume the village accommodation is planned out too with events coming/going?
@taniwharugby closing ceremony? Still lots of athletes there!
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@KiwiMurph said in Olympic Sevens 2024:
@nzzp said in Olympic Sevens 2024:
Once sports hit the Olympics, major countries pump money into them. Money talks.
Really? Great Britain aren't there. USA got smashed by Fiji. Australia parachuted in Marky Mark and Corey Toole
USA and Canada are ahead of Fiji in the circuit at the moment.
I watch from afar, but it seemed to me a bunch of countries suddenly invested in tehir development programmes as soon as it made full olympic status
@nzzp said in Olympic Sevens 2024:
USA and Canada are ahead of Fiji in the circuit at the moment.
I wouldn't read too much into the circuit in an Olympic year. A bit like TRC in a World Cup year.
I remember in 2016 our 7s team won Wellington and Sydney legs back to back and then crashed out badly at Rio.
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The refs play such a big role in sevens. Some calls which led to tries that should/may not have been.
@KiwiMurph Yes, Fiji seem to come good at the Olympics.
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I know the football has to start early to fit in the whole comp with enough gaps between games. But is the Sevens starting early just because of other events coming up in the stadium?
@KiwiPie said in Olympic Sevens 2024:
I know the football has to start early to fit in the whole comp with enough gaps between games. But is the Sevens starting early just because of other events coming up in the stadium?
Yes. Basically have to play the men’s and women’s before the athletics start.
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Given RSA lost 2 pool games it seems a bit shit they're in medal contention alongside 3 undefeated teams.
I hate the 12 team system in 3 pools
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@taniwharugby said in Olympic Sevens 2024:
@nzzp do they though? Assume the village accommodation is planned out too with events coming/going?
hah I have no idea. Just figured it may not be the complete trainwreck picture you painted. Happy to be corrected ... but I thought people got to stay on
@nzzp said in Olympic Sevens 2024:
@taniwharugby said in Olympic Sevens 2024:
@nzzp do they though? Assume the village accommodation is planned out too with events coming/going?
hah I have no idea. Just figured it may not be the complete trainwreck picture you painted. Happy to be corrected ... but I thought people got to stay on
Weber mentioned “4 more sleeps” until he was home. So gets to see the opening ceremony before he leaves I guess.
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Tomasi Cama a rubhish coach.
Starting Joe Webber in a knockout match is one of the most stupid decisions I've seen watching decades (and playing) sevens.
He misses far too many tackles (in fact, the only tackle I can recall he made was at the kickoff for the 2nd half, his one and only good play in the whole match), his passes are piss poor, usually going behind the player he's passing to and he pretty much does the same thing every time he has the ball in hand.To compound that headscratcher, he doesn't start either of the two playmakers used the most thru the HSBC 7s, Cook-Savage and Rokolisoa, yet he starts Collier and Dillon who are both too old and too slow and keeps them on almost the entire match. In fact, Collier played the entire match and contributed almost nothing just because he's the captain he's kept on the whole time... WTF!
And WTF was that from Knewstubb, he was thru the tackle, line open in front of him and he attempts a miracle offload which is intercepted and turned into the match winning score when the SA player looks up, sees only Dillion and Collier in front of him and takes the most logical option, kick and chase when you know you can outpace your opposition, just too easy.
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Tomasi Cama a rubhish coach.
Starting Joe Webber in a knockout match is one of the most stupid decisions I've seen watching decades (and playing) sevens.
He misses far too many tackles (in fact, the only tackle I can recall he made was at the kickoff for the 2nd half, his one and only good play in the whole match), his passes are piss poor, usually going behind the player he's passing to and he pretty much does the same thing every time he has the ball in hand.To compound that headscratcher, he doesn't start either of the two playmakers used the most thru the HSBC 7s, Cook-Savage and Rokolisoa, yet he starts Collier and Dillon who are both too old and too slow and keeps them on almost the entire match. In fact, Collier played the entire match and contributed almost nothing just because he's the captain he's kept on the whole time... WTF!
And WTF was that from Knewstubb, he was thru the tackle, line open in front of him and he attempts a miracle offload which is intercepted and turned into the match winning score when the SA player looks up, sees only Dillion and Collier in front of him and takes the most logical option, kick and chase when you know you can outpace your opposition, just too easy.
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Given RSA lost 2 pool games it seems a bit shit they're in medal contention alongside 3 undefeated teams.
I hate the 12 team system in 3 pools
